A woman was beaten with a baseball bat while walking her dog in a Lodi park. Police arrested a 17-year-old girl in connection to the assault.

A woman was beaten with a baseball bat while walking her dog in a Lodi park. Police arrested a 17-year-old girl in connection to the assault.

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Updated: 11:41 PM PST Jan 5, 2016

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WEBVTT - WILL HOLD AN EMERGENCY MEETING ON MONDAY. ROB: THANK YOU. NEW TONIGHT, THE VICTIM OF A VICIOUS ATTACK IN LODI IS AWAKE TONIGHT AFTER POLICE SAY SHE WAS BEATEN UNCONSCIOUS BY A TEEN WIELDING A BASEBALL BAT. >> SHE SURPRISED US EARLIER WHEN SHE SPRANG INTO ACTION AND ACTUALLY REMOVED HER OWN BREATHING TUBE. ROB: THE 22-YEAR-OLD VICTIM IS STILL IN INTENSIVE CARE AT SAN JOAQUIN GENERAL HOSPITAL. KELLIE: KCRA 3'S DANA GRIFFIN SPOKE TO HER FAMILY ABOUT WHAT'S NEXT IN HER FIGHT TO RECOVER. DANA: THIS IS THE DOG PARK THE VICTIM WAS IN WHEN SHE WAS NEARLY BEATEN TO DEATH WITH A BASEBALL BAT. HER FAMILY SAYS BECAUSE SHE FOUGHT BACK, IT MAY HAVE SAVED HER LIFE. THIS IS THE ONLY PICTURE OF 22-YEAR-OLD JACQUELINE PICKETT. HER MOTHER SAYS IS SUITABLE TO SHOW. THIS IS HER BEFORE HAVING HER HEAD AND FACE BEATEN WITH A BAT MONDAY AFTERNOON. >> YOU CAN SEE WHERE SHE HAD PLACED HER HANDS BEHIND HER HEAD, WHERE HER KNUCKLES ARE ALL CRACKED AND HER HANDS ARE BADLY BRUISED. AND THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF BLOOD ON HER HANDS. DANA JUST BEFORE 3:00, PICKETT : WENT TO A LODI PARK WITH TWO OF HER DOGS, INCLUDING THIS SIBERIAN HUSKY. POLICE SAY A 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL HIT HER MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE HEAD WITH A BAT, LEAVING HER IN A COMA. A WITNESS CALLED POLICE. >> I CANNOT SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH TO THE BYSTANDER, THE WITNESS WHO IMMEDIATELY SAW WHAT HAPPENED AND CALLED 911 AND ALLOWED FOR THE APPREHENSION OF THIS PERSON. DANA: POLICE SAY THEY'RE INVESTIGATING WHETHER THE TEEN WHO'S IN CUSTODY HAS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. >> THERE HAS TO BE SOME SORT OF THOUGHT AND PLANNING FOR SOMEONE TO JUST RANDOMLY SELECT AN INDIVIDUAL AND BLUDGEON THEM WITH A BASEBALL BAT ON A BEAUTIFUL DAY AT THE DOG PARK TO A COMPLETE STRANGER. DANA: DOCTORS HAD TO REMOVE A LOT OF BLOOD FROM PICKETT'S BRAIN AND REMOVE PARTS OF HER SKULL. HER MOTHER TELLS US SHE'LL NEED RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY AND REHABILITATION, BUT HER BOYFRIEND IS OPTIMISTIC SHE'LL BE OUT OF ICU BY THE END OF THE WEEK. >> SHE'S GOING TO BE BACK WAY STRONGER. DANA: JACKIE'S MOM TELLS ME SHE HOPES THE TEEN WILL BE CHARGED AS AN ADULT. REPORTING LIVE IN LODI, DANA GRIFFIN, KCRA 3 NEWS. KELLIE: YOU MENTIONED THE DOGS WERE WITH HER. REALLY HURT? DANA: NO. THE DOGS ARE FINE. THEY WENT TO A SHELTER AND WERE LATER PICKED UP BY THE FAMILY.

Woman beaten with baseball bat in Lodi park

A woman was beaten with a baseball bat while walking her dog in a Lodi park. Police arrested a 17-year-old girl in connection to the assault.